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A- J BELL, OF GREENSBURG, KENTUCKX, l. M

WRENCH.

Specication of Letters `Patent No. 26,468, dated December 2,0,` `185,9.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. J. BELL, of Greensburg, in the county of Greenup and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Wrench; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of `this specification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line fc, oc,` Fig. 2. Fig. 2 an edge View of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in attaching a jointed lever to the movable or sliding jaw of the Wrench and having a wedge connected to said lever and a tooth, the stem of the wrench being serrated or toothed and the whole arranged substantially as hereinafter shown, whereby a very strong, and durable wrench is obtained, and one that may be readily adjusted to suit various sized nuts.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I willproceed to describe it.

A, represents a bar or stem which is of rectangular form, has a jaw B, secured permanently to its `upper end. The lower part of the bar or stem is inserted in a wooden handle C, and its back edge just above the handle is serrated to form a rack a, as shown clearly, in Fig. 1.

On the bar or stem A, a sliding jaw D, is placed and allowed to slide freely up and down. The opening in this jaw through which the bar or stem passes is larger than a transverse section of bar A, suliiciently so to receive a wedge E, the `inner end of which is connected bya joint b, to a lever F, which is connected bya link c, to the back end of n the jaw D. Thewedge E, and link c,- are parallel with each` other and thejoint con` nection al, of the linkxc, to the lever forms a `f fulcrum for the lever.` At the innerside of the lever F, there is a tooth e, which, when j i the lever is closed or adjusted to the bar or stem, fits into therack a, as shown in Fig. 1. The lever F, is somewhat larger than the bar or stem A, in order that it may be readily grasped by the hand. j

The implement is used as follows; The leverl F is drawn out from the barlor stem A, j with one hand, whilethe bar or stem is heldl by the other, and fthejaw D, may then be moved on thebar Lorstem, and adjusted to the nut. The lever F, is then shoved tothe bar or stem and the tooth e, catches into "the i rack a, and the wedge E, is forced upward between the bar r stein and the jaw `D,

firmly securing the jawto thebar or stem, The lever F, when closed against the bar or stem A, greatly adds `to its strength and the j i j greater the power applied tothe stem `the tighter the jaw is held and the less liablethe` tooth e, to slip from theV rack a. j j

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new` and desire to secure by Leti i The combination of thejointed lever F, wedge E, and tooth `(e) with the sliding jaw D, and bar A, as and `for the purposehereln 1f shown and described. 1

IVitnesses; i

D. H. MEARS, HUGH MEAES.

A. J. BELL 

